(7) When in
the assembly the wife of the saintly Kurus [Draupadî] was
insulted by his son [Duhs'âsana] who grabbed her by her hair, the
king did not forbid this, although his daughter-in-law shed tears that
washed away the kumkuma on her breasts [see Mahâbhârata II
58-73].

(15) The Unborn One who yet took birth, the
infinitely merciful Lord and ruler over the spiritual and material
realm, appeared for the sake of the devotees as the Fortunate One, the
Lord of the Opulences, as Bhagavân who accompanied by all His
associates is as fire to all the others who, [like Kamsa] living to
their own material standards, constitute a plague.

(11) Who
can
get
enough
of
the
stories
about
Him
whose
feet
constitute
the
places
of
pilgrimage,
about
Him
who in
society is worshiped by the great
devotees? When these stories enter someone's ears they, because of the
love they bestow, cut the ties of affection a person has with
his family!

(20) Because of a curse of
the powerful sage Mândavya Muni you have taken birth from the
maidservant of the brother [Vicitravîrya] and the son of
Satyavatî [Vyâsadeva],
as the incarnation of
Yamarâja, the controller of death [see family tree].

(34) The
air, also
transformed by the extremely powerful ether, gave [in
contraction] rise to the
form of the light [of the fire of the sun and the stars] and [the
bio-electricity] of sense perception by which
the world is perceived.

(15) Eyes appeared
in the gigantic body that offered a position to Tvashthâ,
the
director
of light
and the power of sight by which forms can be seen.

(9) The
threefold of the gigantic form pertains to the three aspects ofâdhyâtmika [the self with its senses
and mind], âdhidaivika [nature and all her gods]andâdhibhautika [the others and what more
appears to the
senses], the tenfold relates to the [organs of the] life force [or prâna:
hands, feet, anus, the genitals, eyes, nose, ears, tongue, skin and
mouth; see brahma sûtra2.4: 5-6] and the oneness refers to
the heart.

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